What is CVE-2016-3625?

CVE-2016-3625 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-10-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-3625?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Libtiff

CVE-2016-3625

tif_read.c in the tiff2bw tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted TIFF image.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-10-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (77.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libtiff

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16 (vendor-advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/5 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3625?: CVE-2016-3625 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-3625?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.